Anonymous, 01 Jan 1970it's that it will be available in UAE in September so it may hit other middle east countries in the same time or after a maybe a month later
I'm personally waiting in KSA for it to

Anonymous, 30 Jul 2008Taken from http://msmobiles.com/news.php/7365.html
As you can see on the photo above, we ha... moreWho wants to watch TV on such small screen in a phone? That's crazy. And the reception is bad: ATSC and the other European standard are not good for small devices; they use too low frequencies for small antennas that are kept in hand, and have troubles with the reception when the device is on moving.

Anonymous, 29 Jul 2008nokia alredy made better with e90
too few inovation aspects these days
besides,this phon... moreIt's nothing like an improved p1!The OS is different,the screen has FIVE times the resolution,VGA recording,beautiful expensive peripherals .Try running a professional application like AUTOCAD from an e90 or p1..you can't because it does not exist but perfectly possible on a Xperia x1.

As you can see on the photo above, we have been testing reception of mobile TV in regular (not mobile version like DVB-H) broadcasting standards of DVB-T known in UK as "FreeView" (digital terrestrial, not satellite, TV) and DAB (digital radio - very popular in UK, successor to FM radio).

The location of testing was particularly well chosen: it was inside of the Terminal 5 of Heathrow airport, i.e. inside an airport where many people are waiting for flights so it was a good use case showing where watching mobile TV would be interesting for potential customers. Terminal 5 is the most modern airport building in UK and it is constructed out of glass and steel yet the reception of TV was possible with GSmart t600, that has reception not worse than regular DVB-T receivers and TV sets with "built-in FreeView".

Since GSmart t600 has a beautiful VGA display of high resolution 640x480 pixels, even watching TV channels with a lot of textual information is not a problem and one can see each and every detail of the broadcast clearly (no pixelation!):

When scanning for new channels one must set "UK" configuration and then both TV and radio channels are catched:

Practically all available FreeView and DAB radio chanels can be received. Sometimes one must turn the phone around to find the position at which reception is optimal/possible but generally comfortable high quality watching is possible.

FreeView, as the name indicates, is a free digital television directed at regular users, who would like to receive mainstream TV channels (BBC1-4, ITV1-4, E4, Channel 5, Five and its variants, etc). Obviously British pay-TV like Sky TV and Virgin Media TV are available only through satellite and cable respectively but the TV in the air directed at regular TV set owners can be received also with the GSmart t600 phone.

Conclusion: if you live in UK then GSmart t600 phone may be of interest to you as it is the only mobile phone that can bring to you full digital TV (and digital DAB radio as bonus) to your pocket!

So Brynn I don't agree with your reasons for this unit being unavailable

Anonymous, 01 Jan 1970it depends on your preferences
if you like to take photos n96(xperia is not bad) if you want to watch movies on your phone xperia is better so as i said its all about your preferences I'm going to buy the xperia

RHoney, 29 Jul 2008Prices are out for SonyErricson Xperia!!!
INR 35,000 after all taxes and levies.
RHoney
Prices are out for SonyErricson Xperia!!!
INR 35,000 after all taxes and levies.
is it- 1 Indian rupee = 0.023618 U.S. dollars
35,000x0.023618=826.63$

Discomik, 29 Jul 2008Yes. It will work off of your homes wireless modem.Thank you for your reply Discomik. Now that I know that it will, that just makes it harder for me to chose a phone.
:-)
Thanks again.